Three Thanksgivings to Jesus on the Cross

O MOST meek and gentle Lamb of God, who during three long hours didst hang so piteously upon the cross; with the affection of all thy creatures I give thee thanks for that intolerable pain thou didst endure when thou wast so cruelly stretched out upon thy sacred cross that all thy bones might be numbered: beseeching thee by that pain to forgive me all the sins which I have ever committed against thee with any member of my body. Amen.

O MOST innocent Lamb of God, with the gratitude of every creature of thy hands I give thee thanks for the bitter thirst thou didst suffer for the salvation of the world, when with plaintive voice thou didst exclaim: I thirst; and when nothing was given thee to drink but only vinegar and gall: beseeching thee by the bitterness of that thirst to forgive me all the sins which I have ever committed against thee by immoderate eating and drinking. Amen.

O MOST sacred Lamb of God, with the mutual gratitude of the Three Persons of the One adorable Trinity I give thee thanks for all the dread anguish thou didst endure when thou wast so pitilessly fastened to the cross with iron nails driven through thy sacred Hands and Feet; so that thy heart shuddered and thy whole frame quivered with agony. By this thy strong pain and thy most bitter death, I beseech thee to wash away the sins of my hands and my feet, and to appease thy Father's wrath against me by showing thy most sacred Wounds for me. Amen.